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Black Women are Divine – Women’s History Month

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It’s Women’s History Month and we’re especially uplifting and celebrating Black women all month long because… #BlackWomenAreDivine!

The family of 20-year-old Black college sophomore at Texas Tech, Erskin Jenkins has convened a national delegation calling for justice, beginning with a full investigation into his death. The group, which includes the families of #MikeBrownJr (Ferguson), #GlennFosterJr (former New Orleans Saints player killed in Alabama), and #AndrewJosephIII (14-year-old killed by sheriffs’ action in Tampa), is organizing a week of action that includes community engagement and a press conference. Anchoring organizations are Black Lives Matter Grassroots, NAACP Lubbock Branch, and Lubbock Coalition for Black Democrats. 

WHAT: Press Conference for Erskin Jenkins

WHEN: Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM

WHERE: TJ Patterson Memorial Plaza (East Plaza of Citizens Tower)

1314 Ave K, Lubbock, TX 79401

WHO: Sharon Jenkins – mother of #ErskinJenkins, Michael Jenkins – uncle of #ErskinJenkins, Michael Brown, Sr. – father of #MichaelBrownJr, Glenn Sr. and Sabring Foster- parents of #GlennFosterJr, Andrew Joseph, Jr. – father of #AndrewJosephIII, Dr. Melina Abdullah – co-founder of Black Lives Matter Grassroots, Phyllis Gant – NAACP Lubbock Branch, Anne Keel – Lubbock Coalition for Black Democrats, Pastor Deshun Avery – First Progressive Baptist Church

 

Erskin Jenkins majored in psychology at Texas Tech and hails from The Woodlands, Texas. On November 23, 2024, police were called while he was attending a pre-Thanksgiving gathering at a classmate’s apartment. A Lubbock County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Erskin. District Attorney Sunshine Stanek has refused to prosecute the case. The family and supporters are demanding that the case be reopened and fully investigated.

 

Thursday’s press conference is part of a week of action that also includes campus awareness raising, a call campaign, a petition drop, and an event to feed the unhoused in Erskin’s honor. The participating delegation includes dozens of family members and supporters, many of them Lubbock residents and others from Houston, Dallas, Huntsville (AL), Tampa (FL), Ferguson (MO), and Los Angeles (CA).

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BLM Grassroots initiated Black Women Are Divine as a national call to Black women across the world to reclaim their divinity in the names of #BreonnaTaylor, #SandraBland, #WakieshaWilson and all Black women whose lives were stolen by state-sanctioned violence.

This national campaign was initiated by our very own @docmellymel in honor of the spirit of #BreonnaTaylor and serves as a reminder for Black Women to celebrate life in collective joy, solidarity and to build power.

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Join us this month in honoring the Black women around you!

We invite you to participate in this campaign by 👇🏾

  1.  Changing your social media profile picture to the logo above.
  2. Celebrate the divine Black women in your life by sending them flowers, spending quality   time with them, and offering other intentional expressions of love 💜
  3. Tapping in with your local BLM Grassroots chapters to learn more about their events & campaigns that they are hosting to commemorate #BlackWomenAreDivine. Visit blmgrassroots.org for more info!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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